re: Federal Judge Blocks Florida’s Ban on Transgender Treatment for Minors

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social issues

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The plaintiffs are likely to prevail on their claim that the prohibition is unconstitutional.”

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The constitution has a section on parents taking little boys to a sex change Dr because they like to play with Barbies?

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its amazing how easily the left wins the Word Battle

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If they don’t, they literally change the dictionary definition.

Assault rifle in Merriam-Webster dictionary for example:

2016:

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noun: any of various automatic or semiautomatic rifles with large capacity magazines designed for military use

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Redefined in 2018:

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noun: any of various intermediate-range, magazine-fed military rifles (such as the AK-47) that can be set for automatic or semiautomatic fire; also : a rifle that resembles a military assault rifle but is designed to allow only semiautomatic fire

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they literally change the dictionary definition. Assault rifle in Merriam-Webster dictionary 2016 vs 2018

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What is the purpose of a dictionary? (a) to reflect the manner in which words are used by the majority of speakers or (b) to swim upstream against organic changes in useage?

If (b), that change is just crazy.

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Why is the answer to mutilate healthy bodies rather than treat the mind?

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A broken mind is a blank slate for reprogramming.

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supporting and celebrating

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No one is "celebrating" this sort of medical procedure.

Remember what then-candidate Bill Clinton once proclaimed regarding abortion: safe, legal and rare. The same principle should apply to gender-affirming operations.

It's this either/or, black/white dichotomy that needs to end. Many of life's most difficult decisions entail murky grey areas. There are extenuating circumstances even in courtroom arguments regarding Class A felonies.

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You don't generally treat mental illness with surgery... And if you do, it does not involve mutilating the body...

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Bob is obese. he has been trying to lose poundage and then maintain a healthy weight for 20 years. He always fails. He’s joined Weight Watchers. He has had psych counseling. He has even used medication to try and control his appetite. The weight always comes back.

Are you suggesting that he should be precluded from seeking gastric bypass?

The problem is not the availability of reassignment surgery. The problem is that it seems to be becoming the default initial response, rather than simply one potential option in the toolbox

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There are conditions whereby gender-affirming health care could require medically necessary surgery.

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No there isn’t because there is no such thing as “gender-affirming health care.”

This is where we need to fight

Screw the ruling - follow Florida law as it is written and force them to use the feds to enforce their law

if DeSantis does this, that would go a long way towards earning my primary vote…

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Bob is obese. he has been trying to lose poundage and then maintain a healthy weight for 20 years. He always fails. He’s joined Weight Watchers. He has had psych counseling. He has even used medication to try and control his appetite. The weight always comes back.

Are you suggesting that he should be precluded from seeking gastric bypass?

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Well, it sounds like Bob is a legal, fully-matured adult who’s turning to a more radical and risky procedure only as a last resort … not a child at a very turbulent and sensitive stage of development whose “treatment” is not based in rigorous scientific evidence, entails very little to no mental health counseling or comprehensive psychological evaluation, lacks reliable data on long-term risks/harms, and is rushed into as the first and only option.

So no, Hank. This is not a similar situation, nor a remotely appropriate analogy.